Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-06-17
A ROSY VIEW OF KANSAS.


EMroRIA, Kansas Juno H.
EDS. lNrELLtaENCER- sm constantly
In receipt of letters from my friends IN the
Keystone state, asking Information IN REGARD
10 KansaA As am unable to answer esch
one In detail by private letter, beg permits |
sion for sufficient spsce In your valuable
paper, to state In general way what l have
70 say for the benefit Of those who are man.
ifessing On interest In the progress and
growth Of this state Kansas seems to me 10
enjoy all the advantages OF successful agri.
cultural climate, with but few disad vAntages.
II In healthful and almost entirely free from
malaria Mild and cquAble winters and
summers, and exercises q beneficial intlu.
ence upon all diseases Of the threat and
lungs at all seasons Of the year. After q
thorough examination Of the state, l am Of
the opinion that the country lying south and
east Of Its centre, embraces the finest az.
ricultuIAi lands in the whole region
Of the United States Here the soil
10 rich and productive, and II an
abundance Of water and fuel are 10 be taken
into consideration, the portion OF Kansas to
emigrate 10, lies cost OF \ line, drawn north
and south, at least one hundred miles from It's
western boundary. The increase in popula-
ton and railroad building within the pest
| few years Is probably without parallel lite
geographical situation and its relative com.
| mercial position toward the non cereal pro-
| ducing regions lying west and southwest of
| II, 10 such that 1t must ever remain the most
| profitable agricultural field OF any part Of the
| West A TACT that Is fully realized 10y the
large railroad corporations, is that Kansas Is
rapidly becoming q converging and distribG-
tive station for nearly all the railroad inter.
ests centreing west of Chicago In tact this
state may be said to possess two commercial
fronts, one looking toward the markets Of the
East by way Of Chicago and ST Louis the
other toward the great mining and grazing
regions Of the West and Southwest The
recent building Of = great through line OF
road from the city OF Emporis to the ocean
at Galveston, Texas, 10y tue Atchisor,
Topeka Il santa Fe railroad, opens up a
new outlet for Kansas with the Atlantic
seaboard cities, ranging from the coast ol
Maine to the coast Of South America The
| vast area of fertile land adapted To the pro-
ducton of corn and wheat, lying tributary Il
this new railroad enterprise, shadows forth
the building OF an extensive trade with the
Atlantic cities by new route, rs the distance
from Empcris to Galveston, by rail, Is only
500 miles To attempt to draw line by
comparison, betw ween the undulating prairiet
OF Kansas in its partially cultivated condition
and the thickly settled and closely occupied
lands Of eastern Pennsylvania, or with the
mountains, glades, and valleys OF central and
western Pennsylvania, would he = Difficult
task, Is there Is no likeness or similitud,
whatever betw cen the two states Pennsyl
, vania is = grand old state with its untolI
millions of wealth, in dollars, created 10y thu
| products of its coal, oil, iron, lumber and at
tendsnt manufacturing interests, that hav'
| everywhere grown up In Obedience to thu
laws Of supply and demand. But when yor
come to consider Pennsy vania ss an sgricul
turA state and compare 1t with Kansas
| will cay that one acre Of natural soil O
Kansas is equal to at least ten OF the bes
| acres OF natural soil the borders Of Pennsyl
| vsnis ever surrounded. There are thousand.
OF acres OF land lying adj scent to the rivers
and creeks around Emporis that are rich and
black for twenty feet below the surface. This
soil is easily cultivated and yields in tn,
| greatest abundance. The population of En-
poris is about 1900 The town was built ans
| Ii principally sustained by the agriculture
, l district lying tributary to it There is probs
| bly, no better place in all the great and grow
| ing West to establish manufactures, nor
there more desirable place to live and eDjo
A the advantages OF metropolitan life, such &
!, is found in cities Of $1,000 in the East TheI
. | are churches, street cars, gas, electric light
fine streets and spacious residences. W
, | now have five lines of railroad entering tt
!, city and no less than 100 trains, including
!. passenger trains, leaving dsily. Three ne
lines OF railroad will be built this summe
The city Is growing rapidly and there
n | work for all who wish II. Parties seekin
|. | new homes in the West cannot do bette
Il | than come TO Emporia II. L.